Patents by Inventor Helmut Stohrer

Helmut Stohrer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8763942
    Abstract: A grinder for a coffee machine includes a first grinding disc disposed in a housing. A drive moves the first grinding disc about a rotational axis. A second grinding disc is disposed in the housing. There is a threaded part in which the second grinding disc is attached. The threaded part is screwable into the housing. A drive wheel is disposed coaxially with respect to the threaded part and rotates the threaded part with respect to the housing. A grinding gap between the two grinding discs is thereby able to be set. A setting wheel co-operates with the drive wheel, the setting wheel being attached to the housing. A supply opening is disposed in the housing for supply of coffee beans to be ground. A path guide opening guides away the coffee ground between the two grinding discs. A holder is adjustably attached to the housing and is fixable in any position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Schaerer AG
    Inventors: Harald Hergesell, Peter Arndt, Ciro Caputo, Martin Grupp, Helmut Stohrer, Jochen Gussmann, Alexander Kiefer, Armin Startz
  • Publication number: 20120138721
    Abstract: Inserted into the housing (2) of a grinder for a coffee machine is a first grinding disc (6), which, via drive means (3), is drivable about a rotational axis. A second grinding disc (9) is attached in a screw-in part (7) which is screwable into the housing and is rotatable with respect to the housing (2) by adjusting means (15), (16). By rotating the screw-in part, the grinding gap between the two grinding discs (6), (9) can be set. The adjusting means comprise a setting wheel (16) arranged on a holder (17) which is attached to the housing (2) and which can be adjusted and fixed in any position with respect to the housing (2). This setting wheel co-operates with the drive wheel (15) attached to the screw-in part (7). The setting wheel (16) which is attached to the holder (17) can thereby engage in the drive wheel (15) in any desired position with respect to the housing, whereby the thus equipped standard grinder can be inserted into different types of coffee machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Schaerer AG
    Inventors: Harald Hergesell, Arnold Werner, Ciro Caputo, Martin Grupp, Helmut Stohrer, Jochen Gussmann, Alexander Kiefer, Armin Startz
  • Patent number: 5836576
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing copies and/or documents from a machine has a catch and removal tray (2) which can be extended telescopically out of the machine (1). The catch and removal tray (2) consists of a fixed section (3) inside the machine (1) and a movable section (4) which can be drawn out of the machine (1). The fixed section of the tray (3) acts as a catch tray for documents processed by the machine (1) and has a drive mechanism (6, 7, 19) which drives a sliding panel (5) which extends downwards into the fixed section of the tray (3) and which pushes the stack of documents (8) from the fixed section of the tray (3) into the extended movable section of the tray (4). The fixed section of the tray (3) has a photoelectric cell (20) which activates the sliding panel (5) when the stack of documents reaches the maximum height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Felix Ebner, Ulrich Fischer, Gerhard Glemser, Peter Herbster, Juergen Ries, Helmut Stohrer